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-Oddy
If you want, but if you don't, I don't know about ya'll but pointing fingers without reason is very suspicious. You could panic-vote as an act if you're the killer or like try to fake deducting the murder. Be creative, if it isn't allowed I'll tell you.

Ethan pointed his finger at one Charizard that goes by the name Gokul. "If I was afraid of being murdered, I would blame the murder to Gokul, known to us as a Charizard that is weirdly not afraid of the water. He is the strongest one between us."

He turned his head to the mayor and continued talking. "But no. That would be too obvious. And even if it was him, then the scarf wouldn't be unscratched like it is now. Gokul has sharp nails in his hands, so the scarf would at least have a scratch or a small hole, but no, nothing, not even by the rock."

Ethan now pointed his hand at Isaac, as he was his new suspect. "But then I am stuck between two people. On one hand, I agree with Chilli. Isaac is new to our village and by new I mean that we don't know much about him, but that doesn't make him 100% a murderer. All of us weren't outgoing once."

Now, making his final decision, Ethan sighed. "But the way the scarf was untouched is really, really suspicious. It was raining when Karen was murdered, so it's really weird that there's nothing to base our accusation on. Not even mud or anything. But, even though I already said that he may not be a murderer, I think he is. Sorry Isaac."

Ethan looked at the Mayor and whispered. "I blame Isaac of being the murderer."

"It is so weird. A water type pokemon killed by the river while rainy day?..."
Mandy looked at the rest of Pokemon gathered by the fountain.
"Somewhat I feel like it wasn't neither Percy nor Zain. *sigh* Blaming each other is pointless though, and could lead to mass conflict or even worse, but since we have no other choice... Everybody else think the killer is Isaac because of his type, I'd rather say it could be somebody with a dark side."
A light breeze was blowing silently. The atmosphere was extremely tense, almost unbearable to stand. Mandy leaned to the mayor and said firmly just one, accusing sentence.
"...I hate to say this, but I think the the one who killed Karen was Chris."

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Isaac scowled at the Zubat, clearly angered by the sudden accusation.
"You blame me because of my species? And have no actual evidence from the scene of the crime to back you up? Awfully quick to place the blame on somebody, Chilli. I have no reason to murder somebody I don't know, especially when I just came to live here."

Closing his eyes, he tried to think. What was off about the crime scene? Anything that could link somebody else to the murder? The rain had probably removed most evidence of another Pokemon, but who else would dare to brave the storm in an attempt to kill?
"I propose... that we don't completely rule out that Charizard yet. Yes, there are no obvious scratch marks on the scarf, but perhaps he didn't need to use his claws to murder. We don't know where that mark came from, correct? And there's no proof that a Pokemon removed that scarf intentionally either."

Looking at the Charizard in question, Isaac narrowed his eyes slightly. "I will admit, I always thought that his ability to not be afraid of the water was strange. Gokul could have easily drowned Karen with his strong arms under the water to leave no marks, and attempted to let the body drift downstream and away from the actual scene of the crime. The scarf between the rocks shows at least some movement from the corpse, and if it became untied by itself then obviously there would be no marks on it to show a Pokemon intentionally removed it."

Nodding to himself as he finalised his theory, the Gengar spoke up once more.
"I believe that mark on Karen's corpse was from where the corpse struck the rocks. The body drifted back onto the shore, while the scarf became untied from the body and stuck onto the rocks. Even as a water type, Karen would have had no chance to fight back or escape from the strength of a non water fearing Charizard. The rain would have easily washed away Gokul's footprints, or he could have just used his wings to prevent any trace of himself being at the river."

Isaac turned to the Mayor, eager to dispel the suspicion over him and prove he was useful to the village.
"I blame Gokul of being the murderer!"

Percy

"Wait! What? Karen is dead? and you want us to vote to decide who the killer is?"
Percy thinks for a lot of time and then get's up.
"I think I need a bit more time"
He kept thinking about the killer and then something flashed upon his mind.
"Guys, maybe someone is playing with us. How can this be possible. I think the killer is someone who has voted.
And I think Chili is the killer"

Gokul

"Wait!So this means someone killed Karen and we should vote for it...
Gokul flies around to see the pokemons standing there..
then he thinks for some time and says I think Zain is the killer

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Chris
"Why do you blame me? You are more suspicious than me, carrying a first aid kit. Did Karen hurt you when you killed her? You're a snake, you could strangle Karen until she died.
Mandy, I suspect that you're the killer"

Users that haven't voted yet:
Impure--Angel
ImmatureGuy

If you don't vote in a round before the countdown ends, the next round you are able (if for whatever reason the killer decided to spare you, they can) to be killed with another victim. [ A double kill. ] This will let the killer have an advantage over the innocents and you don't want that.
I should probably add that to the first post.

Reminder that voting ends in less than 10 Hours, Thursday (September 1st) 3:00:00 Servertime. If you want to change your vote or defend yourself, now's the time.

Votes so far:
Isaac – 2
Chris – 1
Gokul – 1
Chili – 1
Zain – 1
Mandy – 1

As he looked back on his theory, Isaac realised some of the facts didn't make sense.
"Wait, I may have been hasty in some of my accusations. I remember now... it was raining fairly heavily on the night of the murder. Even if Gokul isn't afraid of the water, the downpour would have surely put out the flame on his tail. And the same would go for Percy since he is also a fire type."

Thinking back on what the other Pokemon have said, he reached a new conclusion. "Since the weather didn't permit it, I think Gokul and Percy are innocent and couldn't even leave their houses. So I take back my vote upon Gokul, and I hope he can forgive me rash accusation.

I now blame Chilli of being the murderer!"

Chilli
"What what what!"
She looked at Percy and Isaac.
"I can't even fly in strong rain, my sonar doesn't work then. That downpour yesterday caused my to cuddle up in my treehole and postpone my nightly hunting spree."
She shortly glanced down at herself, "I haven't even eaten yet now, and at that rate my appetite hasn't come back."
Sharply, she added: "You with your shadow powers could kill without even leaving a trace, posess her body and even causing to kill herself. Poor Karen. I won't change my vote, Isaac!"

"Really? That's why you're blaming me?"
Isaac huffed, and tried to cross his small arms.

"If I could 'kill without leaving a trace', why is there an obvious wound on her corpse? If I made her kill herself, for what reason would I allow the scarf be moved from her body? I had no motive to kill her, and whoever did this was sloppy in their actions."

He sighed, rolling his eyes in annoyance.
"Besides, even though I'm a ghost, I prefer to go out when the weather is actually halfway decent. The rain makes me feel heavy, and I was far happier last night in the darkness of my own home."

Jason
K-K-Karen is dead!?
But she was a cheerful 'mon among us, always happy to help others. Who would do such an injustice to kill her?! I mean, she was better than all of us in terms of helpfulness, she was never behind in volunteering to help the town as well.

Percy and Gokul couldnt have killed her in the rain. Their fire type moves wouldn't have worked. It was night too, so I blame Chili for the murder, since she could have easily crept up behind Karen, grr.

Mandy
"Uh. It's ok, I understand your accusation. But... my first aid kit is using for saving lives, not for killing. See for yourself."

He opened his white suitcase with a red cross mark on it and shows the equipment.

"Anyway. The weather was rainy, it was dark outside, and there are plenty of trees and bushes near the river. Isn't that the perfect spot for the one inconspicuous scarecrow?..."

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Chilli
Chilli held her breath and listened. She couldn't believe that Jason thought so badly about her.
"I can't stress enough that I'm useless when it rains, even a slight drizzle hinders my flight.
If we're talking about motives here, I don't have one either. We're not having the same food source nor the same habitat to fight about, for that matter.
Given, maybe I judged a bit to fast by appearance and species and I'm... I'm sorry about that."

She looked at the corpse and went silent for some seconds.

"...But there may be even more lives on the line and I don't want to take any risks."

Chris
With that argument any of us could hide and kill her. You have my word that I did not kill her, and I voted only to you because I felt angry.
In any case, I will not waste my vote on someone who nobody sees as a suspect.
I really don't know who could be the killer, I have no reason to suspect on someone and I don't wanna be rude in pointing my finger on any of you

Isaac

The Gengar grimaced, listening to all the other Pokemon argue between themselves."We need to work together on this, guys. By having the votes so strung out we are giving the killer exactly what they want, and accusing each other without considering the evidence won't help any of us!"

"Everyone needs to share the reasons behind their accusations now. Or if not, at least share your theories and back them up with evidence from the crime. If we all share our opinions we can see what is true and what could be misleading us, and we need leads desperately.

As a recap, I think we call agree that Percy and Gokul couldn't have possibly done this murder. Their typing would have put their lives at risk in the rain, and their moves wouldn't have even worked in such heavy weather. If this is true, then neither of them are the killer.

While parts of my original theory I believe to be outdated, I still think that the wound on Karen's body was from the corpse colliding with the rocks, which would also potentially explain why her scarf was not with her body when it drifted ashore. I don't think the killer needed to remove the scarf to murder Karen, which still leaves drowning as a probable cause of death. However, the killer may have also used the rocks to murder Karen by beating or throwing her body against them, which would explain the wound and scarfs location.

If this is the case, then I would start by suspecting the more physically strong Pokemon. I won't take back my vote on Chilli just yet, but now I am beginning to suspect Jason the Krookodile and potentially Chris the Cacturne."

After his rather long outburst, Isaac shifted his eyes back to the Zubat that had originally accused him. "I suppose I can understand your reasons for suspecting me... but I can assure you, I would not be so desperate to work with and share my theories with strangers if I was truly the killer."

Ethan

"I think you are all thinking wrong. It would be impossible for Chilli to kill Karen and place the scarf between the rocks at all, not to mention without leaving any clue behind. Se can't even pick up rocks as heavy as them, nor can the wind do so.

I can't really explain why, since this is all sudden. But I now change my vote from Isaac to Zain. I think that Isaac would be a really strong ally that we would need to find the murderer. But Zain, could easily pick up the rocks with his telekinesis, place the scarf between them and kill Karen using a stick or something, then throwing it to the river."

(Sorry, I wrote this post when the server went down, but I couldn't post it, so I did so now :/)

The downtime screwed me up by golly. Class started when it ended.
Ah yes, please do know that while you can post to vote and defend yourself, you also can change vote and withdraw a vote. You need one, clear decision and no vague description of who you are voting. If you want to vote someone or withdraw your vote please put it in bold from now on.

Voting has ended, give me an hour to count all up and write the execution and edit a few things I only noticed now.

Round 1 Execution

Riko sighs. This murder had brought the village apart. The one peaceful villagers is now turning against each other. They can't be blamed though, one of them had killed someone and the community of the village all trust each other and had been living like close families for a long time. As the time arrives, Riko counted all the votes and as he reads the total, he stared towards Chili with guilt on his face. "With all your votes, the highest one is… Chili." Riko didn't say anything else then. He dragged Chili away from the villagers, hesitating. He had to do it thought, so he kept strong.

After thirty minutes, Riko returns to the fountain and called the Villagers once more to tell the fate and the identify of Chili.

Chili was an innocent.
She wasn't the killer.

Votes for Round 1
Isaac - 1
Chris - 1
Gokul - 1
Chili - 3
Zain - 2

Shustard — I'm guessing you had withdrawn your vote of Mandy since Chris didn't want to waste his vote.

Round 2 will start at server reset.

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The game has entered 'Night Phase'.
Players can discuss in-character with each other in the stone building.
Note, just in case. If the killer wants to kill, no matter what your character is doing at Night Phase, the killer can decide the method and the location, so basically your character is pretty much out of your control if the Killer chooses.

Gokul

Everyone I think Chris is the murderer since he has has the ability to blend in with the trees and bushes and it was dark so none could have seen him So I think he is the murderer